Ieva Tāre (born March 15, 1974, in Riga) is a former Latvian women's basketball player who has represented SK Cēsis and Latvia women's national basketball team.
Tāre was trained by the current Latvian national women's team coach Ainars Zvirgzdiņš since her school years. She joined SK Cēsis, her current team, in 2008 shortly after the end of the 2008 Summer Olympics. Previously she had played for TTT/Rīga, as well as several other local and foreign clubs before 2000. In the early 1990s, Tāre turned down an offer to play in the United States due to her poor English skills.
Tāre is married to a former Latvian national rugby team player named Juris. From December 2005 to March 2007 Tāre did not play due to pregnancy and care for her newborn son, Emīls. She turned down an offer from SK Cēsis and returned to TTT/Rīga afterwards.
Tāre has played for the Latvian women's national basketball team in three EuroBasket Women championships, including the 2007 championship where she assisted the team in its way to the 4th place. In total she has represented the team in more than a hundred games. She has also represented the USSR women's U-16 national team and became the European U-16 champion. The championship was held in Portugal.
During the qualification for 2008 Summer Olympics, in the final game versus Angola, Tāre suffered a serious arm injury, later confirmed to be both a broken arm and a dislocated elbow. She was rushed off court by the medical team. Thanks to a speedy recovery programme she was able to play in the Olympics.
On April 9, 2010, Tāre announced that she retired from sport.
Teams
- 1990–1993: BK Jūrmala (
Latvia) - 1993–1994: Visby Ladies (
Sweden) - 1994–1995: Fokopo Forsa (
Finland) - 1995–1996: Honka Espoo ( Finland)
- 1996: RTU/Klondaika Rīga ( Latvia)
- 1996–1998: Alvik Stockholm ( Sweden)
- 1998–1999: La Spezia (
Italy) - 1999–2000: Universitātes Sports Rīga ( Latvia)
- 2000–2008: TTT/Rīga ( Latvia)
- 2008–2010: SK Cēsis ( Latvia)
References
- ^ Riekstiņa, Justīne (24 May 2008). "Ieva Tāre soli līdz sapņa piepildījumam" [Ieva Tāre a step towards fulfilling her dream]. NRA.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 23 September 2008.
- Siliņš, Andrejs (20 September 2008). "Tāre: "Galvenais ir paspēt saspēlēties"" [Tāre: "The main thing is to be able to play together"]. eSports.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 22 September 2008.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ieva Tāre". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ Noviks, Māris (16 March 2008). "Tāre: "Vienmēr gribu būt labāka"" [Tāre: "I always want to be better"]. eSports.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 22 September 2008.
- "Ieva Tāre". EuroBasket Women 2007. Retrieved 23 September 2008.
- Bērziņš, Edgars (13 June 2008). "Tārei elkoņa locītavas izmežģījums" [Tāre's elbow joint dislocation]. eSports.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 22 September 2008.
- "Basketbolistes brauc uz Pekinu!" [Basketball players are going to Beijing!] (in Latvian). Ģirts blogo. 14 June 2008. Archived from the original on 27 June 2008. Retrieved 23 September 2008.
- Noviks, Māris (10 August 2008). "Debitantes ar nopietniem nolūkiem" [Debutantes with serious intentions]. eSports.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 22 September 2008.
- Noviks, Māris (12 April 2010). "Tāre noslēdz spēlētājas karjeru" [Tare ends her playing career]. sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). Retrieved 24 August 2018.
External links
- Ieva Tare at FIBA (archive)
- Ieva Tare at Olympics.com
- Ieva Tare at Olympic.org (archived)
- Ieva Tāre at Olympedia (archive)
- Ieva Tāre at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (in Latvian) (English translation, archive)